Saturday (12/3) 21:00 Channel 4 Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood (2019) (also Tuesday 21:00 47)
Tarantino's latest offering uses his recognisable visual and storytelling style to take us back to 1969 Hollywood. Leo DiCaprio stars as an over the hill western star who is desperately holding on to his dwindling star power, and a career high Brad Pitt plays his stunt double, who may quietly be the brains behind the operation. They are living next door to Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie) on the eve of the Manson family's attack, the partly fictionalised story brings the two together.
Monday (14/3) 23:15 BBC2 Shakespeare in Love (1998) (also Thursday BBC4 21:00)
A clever concept of a best picture Oscar winning reimagining of some of Shakespeare's most loved works and themes, set whilst Will is writing and casting for Romeo and Juliet (working title Romeo and Ethel, the pirate's daughter)
A charectaristically lukewarm performance from Gwyneth Paltrow took the oscar, as did Judi Dench's characteristically memorable work as Queen Elizabeth 1.
It is charming, there are some clever touches and if you don't want to be taxed too much then you may enjoy, but if you want Shakespeare, you may be best advised to search out the film versions of the bard's classics (Zeferrelli's and Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet's certainly give more long lasting memories)
Saturday (12/3) 21:00 Great Movies Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Written by the inimitable Charlie Kaufman and directed by Michel Gondry, Eternal Sunshine is a labyrinthine tale of love and loss, starring Jim Carrey (another role against type after the Truman Show) opposite Kate Winslet. Carrey undertakes a futuristic mind alteration process to erase painful relationship memories, the Oscar winning script internally follows his fracturing psyche attempting to assimilate. It walks the line between very compelling and too confusing and may not settle either way for me.
Sunday (13/3) 15:00 Sky Arts Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) (also Thursday 21:00)
The finest Ealing Comedy ever made, this is a wonderfully told tale of the vengeful killing spree, fuelled by greed and a family feud, by Louis, who hits a snag in the shape of a love triangle. Told in flashbacks through Louis' memoirs written on the eve of his execution and with multiple roles played by sir Alec Guinness, It was voted 6th best British film of the 21st century by BFI British Film Institute.
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